Emergency button



S p 21, 1955 E. N. AMMIRATI 3,206,817

EMERGENCY BUTTON Filed April 15, 1964 United States Patent 3,206,817 EMERGENCY BUTTON Elvira N. Arnlnirati, 98 Union Ave., Amityville, Long Island, N.Y. Filed Apr. 13, 1964, Ser. No. 359,525 1 Claim. (Cl. 2490.5)

One object of the present invention is to provide a means of replacing a button in an emergency when thread and needle are not available or when a button is lost or broken.

Another object is to provide a means of securing a button that has loosened from its garment.

Still another object is to provide a method of securing a hem together after its stitching has loosened.

Thus it is the object of the invention to provide a person in case of an emergency with a means of replacing or securing a button and to also secure a hem that has loosened.

FIG. 1 is an elevational view of an emergency button for replacing a button or securing a loosened button at approximately full size.

FIG. 2 is an elevational view at a magnified size to clarify FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view through a button showing its use as an emergency button and/ or a means of securing a loosened hem.

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of an emergency button for securing another button at approximate full size.

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of a magnified size to clarify FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a sectional View through another emergency button showing its use in securing another button.

In FIG. 2 (magnified elevational view of FIG. 1) it can be seen that there is a button 11 which replaces a lost or broken button and/or a loosened button when thread and needle are not available. Secured to the button is the fabric piercing portion 12 which may be of metal that can be bent and will retain the position in which it has been bent. It will be understood, however, that the button 11 and the piercing portion 12 may vary in size and length and may be of any material that will produce the function for which it is to be used. The fabric piercing portion 12 is open at 13 or may be attached so that it can be broken very easily.

The emergency button shown in FIG. 1 may be used much in the same manner a thumb tack is used when tacking a notice on a bulletin board. The difference being it is pushed through the fabric 15 and then bent back, first, by the pointed end of the piercing portion 12 and then the remaining part of the piercing portion is bent back as shown in FIG. 3.

In FIG. 2 there is shown dotted a pinhead shaped button 14 which is secured to the fabric piercing portion 12. The procedure for its use is the same as in the preceding paragraph only this emergency button is used for securing a hem that has loosened.

In FIG. 5 (magnified elevational view of FIG. 4) it can be seen that there is a button 16 with threading wire 17 secured to it. This emergency button is for securing another button. The threading wire 17 is crimped at the end 18 as shown so that it will be pointed enough to pierce fabric much the same as a needle would.

The emergency button shown in FIG. 4 is used as a needle and thread would be used to sew a button on a coat. The threading wire 17 is pushed and pulled through a button 19 that is to be secured and then through the opposite button hole, then wound around the threading wire 17 as shown in FIG. 6. It will be understood, however, that the button 16 and the threading wire 17 may vary in size and length and may be of a material that will produce the function for which it is to be used.

I claim:

A fastening device comprising a fabric engageable portion having an enlarged head of button-like configuration provided with a downwardly extending fabric pierceable portion of pin-like configuration having an elongated hollow shank formed of relatively rigid selectively deformable and breakable wire-like material provided with a pointed fabric engageable free end, said hollow shank being adapted to be selectively broken at a point adjacent the said free end to separate the shank into two wire-like portions of unequal lengths which can be bent upwardly toward said enlarged head to clasp associated portions of a fabric hem therebetween, said hollow shank also being adapted to have its free end passed through an associated fabric and apertured portions of a button overlying the said fabric and bent back upon and around the said shank to clampingly secure the said fastening device and the associated button to the said fabric.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 5,645 11/73 Keith.

253,573 2/82 Bailey et al. 2496 X 327,719 10/85 Prentice. 576,715 2/ 97 Bliss. 763,512 6/04 Schmidt 2490 1,287,964 12/ 18 Goozey. 1,400,409 12/ 21 Board. 1,820,771 8/31 Bering 24111 2,597,051 5/52 Auer 24-103 FOREIGN PATENTS 399,502 8/24 Germany. 515,412 1/31 Germany.

DONLEY J. STOCKING, Primary Examiner.

M. HENSON WOOD, JR., Examiner. 

